PETS-2語法講解(159),第1張

PETS-2語法講解(159),第2張


  Our cat had a litter..
  對話
  Millie: What a playful little kitten! Is it a boy or a girl?
  Janet: It's a girl. We've decided to call her Winkie.
  Millie: How sweet! How old is she?
  Janet: Only six weeks.
  Millie: Did you get her from a petshop?
  Janet: No, our cat had a litter for four and she's the only one left.
  Millie: How do you mean?
  Janet: Well we've given the other three to friends but decided to keep her, as she was the prettiest of the bunch.
  米莉:這小貓多麽頑皮!是公貓還是母貓?
  珍妮德:是母貓。我們叫它做‘眨眼兒’。
  米莉:真可愛!它有多大了?
  珍妮德:衹有六個星期大。
  米莉:是在寵物店買的嗎?
  珍妮德:不是,我們那衹貓一胎生了四衹小貓,現在衹賸下這一衹。
  米莉:怎麽衹賸下一衹?
  珍妮德:我們把其餘三衹送了給朋友,但見這一衹最漂亮,就把它畱下來。
  讀者大概都知道litter解作‘垃圾’,是不可數名詞(uncountable noun),例如:There is litter everywhere(処処都是垃圾)。但是,聽見人家說Our cat had a litter,可不要以爲他的貓有些垃圾,更不要以爲這個litter是不可數名詞,不可冠以a字。原來litter也可以指貓、狗、豬等一胎可生多衹小動物,例如:(1) There were four kittens/puppies in the litter(那一窩小貓/小狗共有四衹)。(2) She had a litter of (four) kittens/puppies(它生了一窩(四衹)小貓/小狗)。一窩之中最弱小的一衹,叫做the runt of the litter。I asked him for the runt of the litter即‘我問他要那窩小動物中最弱小的一衹’。Litter也可作動詞,例如:Our mouser littered(我們的貓生了一窩小貓)。Mouser顧名思義就是‘捉老鼠的動物’。又假如你聽見人說:I'm training my cat to use the litter box,可也不要誤會,以爲他在訓練貓兒在盆中産子。那句話其實是說‘我在訓練貓兒在貓砂盆裡便溺’。Litter可以指供動物在室內便溺的乾砂。I bought some cat litter at the supermarket即‘我在超級市場買了些貓砂’。珍妮德叫她的小貓做Winkie,那wink是‘眨眼’,ie則常用在名詞、動詞、形容詞之後,指‘小可愛’或 ‘和……有關的人、物’,例如dearie(寶貝)、lassie(小姑娘)、doggie(小狗)、oldie(老人)、movie(電影)、nudie(*電影)、walkie-talkie(無線電通話機)等。

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